'We draw our people, our strength, from every country and every corner of the world.' — Ronald Reagan's final speech was a love letter to immigrants

There needs to be a huge global push toward nuclear power. It is madness what we are doing.

The time has come for those of us who write non-fiction to rise up and adopt the word “faction” so that we’re no longer forced to live in the negation of another genre.

Why is corruption a laughing matter in the US?

Never thought I’d see myself on the front page of the NEW YORK TIMES… "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." - looks like the pants are finally coming on. nytimes.com/2022/09/25/us/…

Wise advice from a Harvard colleague: Instead of raising a generation of snowflakes, build ‘bravery muscles’ to fight rising youth anxiety news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/… via Harvard University

If asked how your work on black holes in distant galaxies, or the fundamentals of string theory, intrinsically promotes diversity, and you answer "it doesn't", you won't get funded by the DOE for your research anymore. wsj.com/articles/scien…

Proof that humans will feverishly leverage their dopamine circuits — for the provider, not the self. Look familiar?

If the railways are too crucial to allow workers to strike, then they are too crucial to be owned by private companies whose only goal is to squeeze them for profit. Nationalized them, and treat the workers fairly.

"Mr Madoff, we appreciate that you've been candid in discussing your ponzi. Your willingness to talk to the public will help customers. To that end, we would welcome your participation in our hearing on the 13th. Tea and cookies will be served, with a happy hour after."

Philosophically Arguing With the Referee - existentialcomics.com/comic/476

And, from moe tkacik, a year-end Top List of the characters who bought into the adulation, drank their own Kool-Aid, and generally fell victim to the Overconfidence Man problem in 2022 businessinsider.com/2022-the-year-…

Amazing

If a McDonald's employee steals from the register, they are punished. If they do it in front of other employees openly, every employee would be fired and the store would have to start over from scratch, or simply be closed. Cops are held to a lower standard. Unthinkable.

Amazeballs

A Long Term Birthday Problem existentialcomics.com/comic/485

GM

Do you think high school kids look like this today?